Combination hair wave gauge, comb, and razor



AND RAZOR Sept. 16, 1941. QUINlO COMBINATION HAIR WAVE GAUGE, COMB,

Filed Dec. 2, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l Big. 1

IN VENTOR.

Sept. 16, 1941. L. QUINIO 2,256,326

COMBINATION HAIR WAVE GAUGE, COME, AND RAZOR Filed Dec. 2, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. Z

Patented Sept. 16, 19 41 UNITED STATES BATENT OFFICE communes mm wave GAUGE. com.

mmzon' Louis Quinio, Tarentum, Pa.

Application December 2, 1940, Serial No. 368.1

2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful im-' provements in a combination hair wave gauge, comb and razor, and it is among the objects thereof to provide a comb and razor unit which is especially adapted for use by hairdressers and barbers in the cutting and trimming of hair to adapt it for styling and waving.

My present invention is an improvement of a wave gauge and comb disclosed in my Patent No. 2,166,558 granted July 18, 1939, in that it can be converted from a gauge and comb to a comb and razor unit, and in that it can be folded when not in use.

be folded, as shown by the arrows and dotted lines in Fig. 2 by merely displacing it along a straight line axially of the hinge pin, as shown by the arrow in Fig. 1, which disengages the hinge lugs 6, Go, from the members I, la, and permits folding of the handle portion 4.

The comb portion I is provided with slide brackets ll, Ila, Fig. 3, for receiving razor -The invention will become more apparent from and razor embodying the principles of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof;

Fig. 3 a cross-section taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 a cross-section taken on the line 4---4,

' Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 a top plan view of a modified form of gauge comb and razor:

Fig. 6 a side elevational view thereof;

Fig. 7 a cross-section taken along the line '|-l, Fig. 5; and

Fig. 8 a cross-section taken on the line 8-8, Fig. 5.

With reference to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive of the drawings, the structure therein illustrated comprises a combination gauge and comb designated by the reference numeral I having rows of teeth 2 and 3 and a handle portion 4, the teeth 3 forming a straight row and the teeth 2 being formed on a curve, which curve is generally of the shape of the human head and may be used as a gauge for hair waving, the handle portion 4 being similarly curved.

The handle 4 is adapted to be folded on the. joint 5 by means of the hinge construction shown in Figs. 2 and 4, which consists of the hinge lugs 6, 6a, on the handle portion 4, and hinge lugs 1, la, on the comb portion l. A coil spring 8 is disposed between the hinge lugs 6a and 1, as shown in Fig. 4, and the hinge lugs are provided with oil'- set shoulder portions 9 that interact to lock the handle in its extended position.

A hinge pin Ill extends through the hinge lugs 6, 6a. and I, la, and is peened over at its ends to prevent displacement. The handle portion 4 can blades l2, l2a, which are mounted by moving or sliding them in the brackets ll, Ila, as shown by the dotted lines and arrows in Fig. 1.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive, a comb portion I3 is hinged to a handle portion I4 by a pivot pin IS, the eoacting ends of the comb and handle l3 and I4 being rounded as shown in Fig. 5. The handle is locked in its open position by a pin [6 which is mounted on a spring plate I! attached to the comb portion by riveting at l8, the spring plate I! carrying a button l9 which may be depressed by the thumb to release pin I from the opening [6a in the handle portion The handle portion is further provided with a perforation 28 for receiving the lock lug I6 when in the folded position, the folded position being shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

The comb portion 13 is provided with teeth 2! and 22 and with slide brackets 23 and 24 for receiving the razor blades 25-and 26. This construction is different from that shown in Fig. 1

by having blades on opposite sides of the comb instead of both sets of blades on one side of the comb. The comb may be used with or without blades or with one blade insteadof the two as the operator may desire.

The combination gauge comb and razor is useful as a wave set gauge and cutting comb to strip th hair, particularly the surface hair to remove the outer layers of the hair to permit it to assume a natural contour as guided by the gauge during the process of trimming as described in the aforementioned patent previously granted me.

By the use of the cutting blades directly on the comb, the hair cutting and wave setting operation is greatly facilitated as the operator has all of th tools required in one hand, thereby having the freedom of bunching and holding the hair at the point of operation.

Although several embodiments of the invention have been herein illustrated and described, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the details of construction without departing from the principles herein set forth.

2 I a,ase,sae I,

1am: transverselyoltheteethtocutthehairdrawn 1. A combination hair wave gauge comb and through the ,teeth of the comb., cutter comprising a thin flat strip with teeth 2. A hair wave gaugecomb and cutter as set extending transversely of a straight longitudinal forth in the next preceding claim characterised axis or said strip on opposite edges thereof and 5 by a hinged Joint at substantially the longitudihaving portions of its longitudinal edgu curved, nal center thereog for folding the handle and a razor mount integrally attached on a Hat face comb portion and means for locking the Joint in thereof, said razor mount being disposed adJathe open position.

cent the teeth at the strip, and a blade secured LOUIS QUINIO. in said mount with its cutting edge disposed l0 

